130.985           All Self-Insured Programs To Have Same Standards As Other Insurers:

Medical Society of the State of New York will petition the appropriated legislative bodies and regulatory agencies to mandate that all self-insured programs be held to the same requirements, coverages and other standards as those to which HMOs, commercial insurers and governmental insurers are held; and will petition the American Medical Association to urge appropriate legislative bodies and regulatory agencies to pursue similar legislation/regulation at the Federal level.  (HOD 1997-61; Reaffirmed HOD 2014; Reaffirmed HOD 2024)